Arum triphyllum

Indian Turnip. Araceæ.

Introduced by C. Hg., in 1856 (News, No. 9, page 66), after it had been applied, according to the reports of a lay practitioner, John Minz, Canton, Ohio (published by Daniel Shiel, see News), in desperate cases of scarlatina. It was characterized in a masterly way by Lippe, in 1852, in Am. Review, vol. iii, page 28. All his characteristics have been corroborated in many cases ever since, now twenty-seven years.

It had been proved by Dr. Jeanes, in 1844, long before it came into use, and in 1867 one of the best theses was handed to the Homopathic College of Pennsylvania, by G. E. Gramm, which was partly printed in the Hahnemann Monthly. For two years Dr. Gramm had made provings on himself and a woman ; besides confirming the formerly known effects of the drug, he very much widened its range of usefulness.

The chemical caution regarding the volatility of a so-called acrid principle is useless to us.

The first time the Arum triphyllum was given by an old woman, in a valley of Pennsylvania, when it cured one of the worst forms of scarlet fever, it was given in the form of powder from the dried bulb. Dr. C. Hg. applied, in his first cases of malignant scarlatina, in a damp cellar, in Cherry Street, the alcoholic tincture made from the dried bulb, and Dr. Lippe, who has given us all the characteristics used only potencies in alcohol, mostly the higher.

MIND. [1] [Arum. t.]

Unconscious of what he is doing or what is said to him.

Forgetful.

Absence of mind ; giddy.

Great delirium. ? Scarlatina. ? Typhus.

During delirium, boring in nose ; picking at one spot, or at dry lips. ? Typhoid.

Wakeful, restless, screaming ; delirium part of the time.

Mania.

Apathy. See 40.

Irritable disposition.

SENSORIUM. [2] [Arum. t.]

Complains of dizziness on being raised. ? Scarlatina.

Giddiness.

Dizziness and fulness, with absence of mind.

Light-headed, sleepy.

Dull, heavy head, morning.

INNER HEAD. [3] [Arum. t.]

Violent headache.

Dull headache, upper part feels cold as if open and without covering.

Headache, pressing on right or both sides ; < from hot coffee ; > after dinner and after breakfast.

Tearing in right forehead, temple and ear, down to maxillary bone.

Stitches over left eye.

Sudden shooting over left eye and occiput ; repeating.

Tearing, darting, or stitches in temples.

Boring in right side, morning on getting awake.

OUTER HEAD. [4] [Arum. t.]

Twitching on middle of forehead.

Twitching and fluttering of muscular fibres.

Pain and soreness of scalp to touch on crown of head.

Head burning hot. ? Scarlatina.

Tinea capitis.

SIGHT AND EYES. [5] [Arum. t.]

Aversion to light.

Dimness of sight, as if a veil were drawn before eyes, without pain or giddiness, spectacles do not assist vision.

Upper eyelids heavy, with headache.

Eyes feel as after shedding many tears.

Eyes heavy ; sleepy.

Smarting of eyes.

Tension in lower lids as if swollen.

Quivering of left upper lid.

Water in eyes all day, most at outer canthi, edges of lids swollen.

Catarrh of lachrymal sac, with desire to bore into side of nose.

Stitches over left eye.

On turning eyes upward, shooting in occiput, mornings.

HEARING AND EARS. [6] [Arum. t.]

Burning and tearing in left ear.

Left parotid gland sore to touch. ? Scarlatina.

SMELL AND NOSE. [7] [Arum. t.]

Nose stopped up, < left side, must breathe through mouth, < mornings.

Sneezing ; < at night.

Nose moist, but obstructed.

Discharge in morning streaked with blood ; during day yellow thick mucus.

Sensation of swelling on soft palate, when swallowing ; with discharge of nasal mucus, in morning.

Soreness, burning, and pains in palate ; < when eating or drinking.

Tonsils much swollen.

Sore throat with much phlegm from nose through choanæ.

Swelling in throat extends towards nose.

Fauces and nares ulcerated with a corroding acrid secretion.

As if tied together in throat, as if too narrow.

Constriction in throat (with sneezing).

Cannot chew nor swallow.

Refuses food and drink on account of soreness of throat. ? Scarlatina.

The sore throat (after 7th day) returns ; 12th day a stiff neck.

Constant scratching and burning in throat, with desire to swallow.

Desire to swallow with stitching in throat, which is painful to pressure.

Difficult deglutition.

Stinging burning sensation in throat.

Great burning and rawness in throat.

Burning in pharynx and glottis with soreness in chest.

A sensation of something hot in throat, more particularly during inspiration.

Burning pain in throat and in root of tongue, with dryness.

Burning in throat, in morning while in bed, > after rising.

Burning and dryness in throat, before midnight ; after midnight and towards morning, much mucus in throat, which goes deeper and deeper down by swallowing, and is perceived no more in morning after rising.

Repeated chills, spreading from vertex, with sneezing as after taking cold, afternoons.

Chills running over body after much yawning, same hour on two days.

Cold running over body at night.

Dry, feverish heat of skin.

Flushes of heat, with burning face, 4 to 9 P. M.

Flushes at night.

Fever heat very intense. ? Scarlatina.

Typhoid forms of fever ; picking ends of fingers and dry lips till they bleed ; boring nose ; restless tossing about bed, wants to escape ; unconscious of what he is doing or of what is said to him ; urine suppressed ; great weakness (last stages probably with uræmia).

Upper part of head feels cold, as if open ; eye lids as if swollen ; face feels as if he had walked in a cold wind ; lips as if scalded ; mamma as if bruised ; as if he would smother ; as if soft palate was swelling ; as if tied together in throat ; as if dislocated in left foot and above knee.

Cutting : in abdomen ; in ovaries.

Boring : in right side of head.

Stitches : over left eye ; in temples ; in throat, in right lung ; under right shoulder blade.

Stinging : in throat ; in soles.

Shooting : over left eye and in occiput.

Pricking : in soles.

Scalded feeling : in spots on tongue.

Burning : in ear ; in lips ; of tongue ; in palate ; in throat ; in pharynx ; in glottis ; on root of tongue ; in anus ; in lungs ; in upper arm.

Smarting : of eyes ; on tongue ; in fauces ; at end of penis.

Soreness : of scalp ; of tongue ; of mouth ; in palate ; in chest ; of left parotid ; in left mamma ; of lungs.

Rawness : in throat ; in chest.

Scratching : in throat.

Tearing : in right forehead, temple and ear, to maxillary bone ; in temples ; in right testicle.

Aching : in left mamma.

Pressing : on sides of head ; in forehead ; in right shoulder and between blades.

Bruised pain : in left mamma ; in soles.

Sprained feeling : in left maxillary joint.

Cramp : in stomach ; in right leg.

Constriction : of throat.

Tension : in eyelids.

Undefined pain : in palate ; on left margin of tongue ; in region of liver ; under ribs ; in larynx ; in right side of chest ; through left lung ; at base of heart ; below left nipple ; in region of atlas and dentoid vertebra ; in right hip ; over hips ; in left tibia ; in feet ; in joint of left inferior maxilla.

Useful after ; Hepar and Nitr. ac. in hoarse, dry, croupy cough, and in scarlatina, etc. ; after Caustic. and Hepar in hoarseness in morning, and deafness ; after Seneg. in soreness and redness of throat.